Palgrave Studies in Family Business Heterogeneity

Contemporary family business research has been moving from highlighting the differences between family and non-family firms to the differences among family firms owing to the financial and non-financial dynamics that influences the strategic decisions and family firm actions. While a prominent stream of research draws attention to financial and non-financial goals (such as socioemotional wealth preservation) and other factors, we still do not know enough about such idiosyncrasies. This series will take a closer look at both financial and non-financial family firm idiosyncrasies across the globe and consider the ecosystem (i.e., regulatory framework, values, culture, access to finance, markets, R&D, and technology), and other national and economic conditions that allow the operations and presence of family firms.